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Weekend best bets
Cool ideas for your time off
By WILMA NORTON
Published September 30, 2005
SAMPLE SOME FESTIVAL FUN
The festival season has arrived with fall. Check out Oktoberfest today and Saturday and Oct. 7 and 8, sponsored by German-American Society of Pinellas County. Doors open at 4 p.m. all days. 8098 66th St. N, Pinellas Park. $7, $3 students, under 12 free. (727) 866-7232. Viva Dali Hispanic Heritage Fest offers free family activities, music and more outside the Dali Museum and $5 admission all day Saturday. Festival hours 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., museum hours 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. 1000 Third St. S, St. Petersburg. (727) 823-3767. The Hispanic Heritage Festival includes music by Ivy Queen, Jennifer Pena, Jose Alberto, JD Natasha and more, along with family activities. 1 p.m. Coachman Park, Clearwater. $20-$23.54. (813) 287-8844 or (727) 898-2100.
A SERENADE ALFRESCO
The Florida Orchestra performs its first free park concert of the season Sunday, with familiar classics, marches and overtures. Susan Haig conducts. Bring a picnic, or nosh from the food court. Gates open 4 p.m., concert 7 p.m., Coachman Park, Drew and Cleveland streets, Clearwater. (813) 286-2403 or (727) 562-4800.
LET THE CHILLS BEGIN
The creepy fright fests kick off today. Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens in Tampa has previews 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. today and Saturday. $19.95-$39.95. Toll-free 1-888-800-5447; or www.buschgardens.com And Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure in Orlando starts today and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. $52.75-$59.75. Florida residents discount available online. Toll-free 1-800-837-2273; or www.uescape.com Neither event is suitable for small children; parental discretion is advised. Both continue on select nights through Oct. 31.
CAVALCADE OF HOME TEAMS
It's enough to make a sports fan swoon. The Tampa Bay Lightning play the final preseason game vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 7:30 tonight at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa. The season begins Wednesday. $19-$59. 813 301-6600. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the Detroit Lions at 1 p.m. Sunday at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa. $35-$71 (check Ticketmaster for availability). The Tampa Bay Devil Rays wrap up the season against the Baltimore Orioles at 7:15 p.m. today, 6:15 p.m. Saturday and 2:15 p.m. Sunday at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Tickets start at $5. Information, toll-free 1-888-326-7297. And in boxing, Antonio Tarver takes on Roy Jones Jr. in front of a hometown crowd at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the St. Pete Times Forum. $25-$600. (813) 301-2500, www.stpetetimesforum.com or Ticketmaster.
A LOGGINS-MESSINA REUNION
Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina are on tour together again, almost 30 years after they split to pursue solo projects. 8 p.m. today, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. $75-$85. (727) 791-7400. Messina's old band, Poco, performs at 8 p.m. today at Largo Cultural Center. $27. (727) 587-6793.
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